PLOs

Food Science

Program Learning Outcomes Food Science Food Chemistry
  • Describe molecular structures associated with food carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins, and relate structure to their food functionality.
  • Describe major food chemical reactions (e.g.

Fiber and Polymer Science

Program Learning Outcomes Fiber and Polymer Science*
  • Demonstrate acquired knowledge in physical science and mathematics and an in-depth understanding of principles in fiber and polymer materials science; 
  • Utilize analytical skills and qualitative and quantitative methodologies in scientific inquiries and problem solving; 
  • Formulate questions critically, define goals and examine issues creatively through review of literature, design and execution of experiments, analysis of data and evaluations of results;  
  • Evaluate issues and problems i

Environmental Toxicology

Program Learning Outcomes Environmental Toxicology
  • Critically evaluate and interpret scientific data, information, and lab results. 
  • Write and clearly present key aspects of fundamental toxicology and the discipline’s relevancy to real-world issues. 
  • Utilize scientific literature and databases to identify information needed to understand and effectively communicate aspects of toxicology. 
  • Master a broad set of [toxicology] knowledge concerning the fundamentals in the basic areas of toxicology. 
  • Demonstrate an understanding

Environmental Science and Management

Program Learning Outcomes Environmental Science and Management
  • Evaluate the validity and limitations of scientific theories and claims about the environment
  • Demonstrate understanding of the interactions among physical, biological, chemical and human components of the environment
  • Formulate tests of environmental questions, acquire data, and apply scientific methodology to answer these questions
  • Ttranslate environmental problems into policy solutions
  • Compose and deliver informed positions on current environmental problems to the public

Ecological Management and Restoration

Program Learning Outcomes Ecological Management and Restoration
  • Attain a basic knowledge of the principles of plant growth and development.
  • Attain an understanding of environmental planning and landscape management processes involving plants and people in natural settings.
  • Attain a basic understanding of the interrelationships among the various components of the managed landscape ecosystem, including plants, people, animals, soil, water, air, and microorganisms.
  • Aarticulate the fundamental principles of ecological restoration, the different stages of t

Community and Regional Development

Program Learning Outcomes Community and Regional Development
  • Understand, evaluate and apply social scientific principles to organizational, local, regional, national and transnational development issues. 
  • Interpret and analyze oral information, written texts, and data sets regarding community, regional, and organizational development. 
  • Work individually and within groups to produce written and oral analysis of development problems. 
  • Make oral presentations of research findings to various audiences. 
  • Teach skills necessary

Clinical Nutrition

Program Learning Outcomes Clinical Nutrition
  • Demonstrate critical thinking skills to analyze data and interpret results in the nutritional sciences. 
  • Determine nutritional status of individuals in various life-cycle stages and/or with nutrition-related chronic diseases by applying knowledge of metabolism and nutrient functions, food sources and physiologic systems. 
  • Search for, critique and effectively communicate nutrition information. 
  • Describe social, multiethnic or environmental dimensions within nutrition and the life sciences.

Atmospheric Science

Program Learning Outcomes Atmospheric Science
  • Explain the physical laws governing the structure and evolution of atmospheric phenomena spanning a broad range of spatial and temporal scales; 
  • Apply mathematical tools to study atmospheric processes; 
  • Explain the principles behind, and use of, meteorological instrumentation; 
  • Describe, analyze and create graphical depictions of meteorological information;
  • Demonstrate critical and analytical skills to interpret and predict weather systems using weather products (model results, maps

Biotechnology

Program Learning Outcomes Biotechnology
  • Understand the fundamental principles of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics.
  • Apply the fundamental principles to an area of emphasis (animal, plant or microbial biotechnology, or bioinformatics). 
  • Understand how biotechnology is used to make pharmaceuticals, improve agriculture, develop novel biofuels, and clean up the environment.
  • Apply the scientific method to all phases of a research project including experimental design, data collection, data analysis and interpretati

Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning

Program Learning Outcomes Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning
  • Develop competence in basic environmental sciences, economics, and theory of the policy process.
  • Acquire an understanding of how public policy and planning decisions are made and their effectiveness is evaluated. 
  • Master a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods for analyzing environmental issues and policies.
  • Apply disciplinary knowledge to analyzing actions to address environmental problems.

reviewed: 2017